Newark man arrested, charged in connection with death of 29-month-old girl

Essex County Prosecutor's OfficeTyrail Jones, 25, of Newark, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a baby girl earlier this week.

NEWARK — A 25-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death earlier this week of a 29-month-old baby girl, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said this afternoon.

Tyrail Jones, formerly of East Orange, was living with mother of the child, Alexis Robinson, but was not the child’s father, Katherine Carter, a prosecutor’s office spokeswoman, said.

The baby girl was taken from her home in the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue in the city to Beth Israel Medical Center, where she later died, Carter said.

An autopsy the next day determined she had died of blunt force trauma, she said.